The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-02

tdemntty lands In TINS county are 10 Oe
thrown open to settlement at once.
This is stark idiocy. In the first place
there are not 800, 900 acres Of railroad
lands nor half of that in this county
the title to which IL questioned. In the
second place the Secretary OF the In.
terror has no more authority to declare
this land open than has any beg
gar at the cross roads. Every foot Of
land in Allen county has been patent.
ed to the railroad companies. These
patents can only be set aside by de-
cision of the Supreme Court. And even
after the Supreme Court has declard
the patents invalid, they can only be
cancelled upon suit brought for that
purpose by the Attorney General. Even
the Leaguers must know that the
Supreme Court has not passed upon
any land in this county except the NJ.
X. & II. odd sections the title to which
it confirmed in the railroad. They
should remember also that ia the event
that the railroad patents are cancelled.
those who have bought the land of the
railroads, shall receive patent to all
the lands thus bought upon making
proof of purchase. But the case is too
plain to be argued with any patience.
There is no more prospect ola Lacquer
obtaining an acre Of land In Allen
county, except by gift or purchase,
than there is Of q South African saw
age becoming the King of England.
A gentleman who visited the State
Insane Asylum recently, learned from
the Superintendent that more patien is
came from among the farmers than
from any other class of people. The
gentlemen expressed some surprise at
this and asked how it was accounted
for. The Superintendent replied, 81
can answer you in two wOrtis-sOda
biscuits" 1t is certainly revelation
to learn that the occupation which is
generally thought to be most cOnduc-
i've to peace Of mind az we'll as to health
of body, in reality furnishes q large
majority of the victims of insanity.
And it is little less startling to be told
that the deadly soda biscuit is account
able for the fact. Yet the Superintend-
ent who made the statement is skilful
and experienced physician and doubt
less knew what he was talking about.
He probably reasoned that soda bis
cults as generally made and eaten,
mean Indigestion; and indigestion In
many cases means insanity. There is
no doubt that improper and poorly
cooked food--nOt biscuit alOne--is
responsible for large proportion of the
ills which afflict all classes of people.
Allen county farmers planted Gs, 2i5 acres of
corn last spring. Allowing half OF 1t to pro-
duce nothing and the other half to make only
q bushels to the acre, we shall have over
| n m nj Ia
year. This, with the amount left over from
last year. will make, in round numbers,
COO. 900 bushels for this county. Where is the
REGIsTER's authority for saying eve will not
have any surplus ?'-C0urdm.
The REGISTERS remarks about the
surplus plainly applied to the State
and not to the county. We have con-
stantly maintained that Allen county
was well supplied. But even here,
with 1,OOO, 600 bushels, we will have
but little surplus, nor do we want much
of corn. The surplus we want is of
fat cattle and hog..
Every republican should make up
his mind now to attend the primary
election, and when the time comes he
should carry out his intention, The
individual members of the party have
everything in their own hands at the
primary. They can dictate the nOmi-
nations beyond the power of any ring
or combination" or "machiue" to
alter. And they ought to do it. It is
a duty they owe themselves as well as
their party. Let every one use the
opportunity offered him to name the
candidates, whom, as a republican he
expects to support.
E. L. Marsh and A. d. Hubbard
have purchased a set of B. +. Othick's
astract book froms and will make an
abstract of the rec ,rds of Linn county.
Mr.. Hubbard expects to 60 to Mound
City next week to begin the work.
Mr.. Marsh will follow later and will
probably remove his family there in
the course of month. We are sorry
TO lose Messrs Marsh and Hubbard and
their families, and we commend them
to the people of Linn county as val
liable citizens.
We are glad that but few If any,
Allen county farmers are compelled to
sell their cattle at the prevailing low
prices. The price of any product can
not long be held below the cost of pro-
duction. Cattle cannot be raised on
the pampas of Brazil at the price. they
are now selling in Kansas and it stands
to reason that the rate cannot long be
maintained. Those who have cattle can
well afford to make any raasona BILE
sacrifice to hold them.
THE PLACE to buy goods is where
they keep them to sell. / carry the
only complete line of crOckery in Allen
county including glassware, chinaware
white and luster band granite ware,
lamps and cutlery. also carry as large
a stock of staple and fancy groceries,
woodenware, teas, coffees and syrups,
and the popular brands of -four New
wholesale and retail. T. NJ. BARTELS
Suppose it was the democrats who
had 800 majority in Allen county
instead of the republicans. Doesn't
everybody know that GabriePs trump
would sound before any republican
would be elected to Office? The repub-
lican party is held responsible for the
conduct of our county affairs; it owes
it to itself to see that those affairs are
administered by men fits own choice.
Send this paper back east so that
your friends may learn the real facts
as to the condition of the corn crop in
Allen county. 1t isn't as favorable
report as we would like to make, but
it is the truth and it will compare
favorably with reports from any other
part of the State, and demonstrates
that we are still a long way back from
the edge of starvation.
Next Thursday is G.. A. r. day at
the camp grounds and there willdoubt-
Iaco h<a m n iv,rvnonsa crowd in 0ftnnn.